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PROMOTING  THE  CONVERSION  OF  THE  JEW®, 

ORGANIZED,  OCTOBER  24TH,  1822. 

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AN  ADDRESS  ON  THE  SUBJECT. 

Freach  the  Gospel  to  eYer^  crYatuYe.^ — /itsPs.  Eren  so 
have  these  also  now  not  believed,  that  thfongh  your  mercj 
they  also  may  obtain  mercy. — Paul. 


BOSTON : 

PRINTED  BY  THOMAS  BADGER,  JUNj 

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ARTICLE  I. 

Association,  shall  be  styled,  “THE  BAPTIST 
FEMALE  SOCIETY  OF  BOSTON  AND  VICINITY  FOR 
PROMOTING  THE  CONVERSION  OF  THE  JEWS.” 

ARTICLE  11. 

The  Funds  of  the  Society  shall  be  employed  in  promoting 
the  object  specified  in  the  first  article  ;  and  shall  be  thus 
appropriated  by  the  Board  of  Managers,  as  the  leading  of 
ProYidence  may  dictate. 

ARTICLE  HI. 

Ant  person  paying  Annually,  a  sum  not  less  than  fifty 
CENTS,  shall  be  a  Member  of  this  Society — and  any  person 
paying  ten  dollars,  shall  be  a  Member  for  life. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

A  Board  of  Managers  shall  be  chosen,  consisting  of  a  first 
and  second  Directress^  a  Corresponding  Secretari/^  a  Record- 
ing  Secretary^  a  Treasurer^  and  sip  Collectors.  Any  three 
of  the  officers,  with  two  collectors  shall  form  a  quorum. 

ARTICLE  y. 

The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  Society  shall  be  holden  in 
Boston,  the  last  Wednesday  in  September,  at  such  place 
and  hour  as  the  Managers  shall  appoint  ;  at  which  time 
the  Board  shall  be  elected  by  ballot.  Every  Meeting  shall 
be  opened  with  prayer. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

The  first  Directress,  or,  in  her  absence  the  second  Direc, 
tress,  shall  call  Meetings  of  the  Managers  at  iher  discretion . 


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ind  shall  preside  at  the  same,  and  the  Board  may  fill  any 
Tacancy  m  their  number  which  may  occur,  or  appoint  any 
additional  colleotor,  if  necessary,  between  the  Annual  Meet¬ 
ings. 


article  VII. 


The  Corresponding  Secretary  shall  conduct  the  corres¬ 
pondence  of  the  Society  and  keep  a  record  of  the  same. 
The  Recording  Secretary  shall  give  notice  of  all  the  meet¬ 
ings  of  the  Society  and  the  Board,  and  record  their  doings, 
and  shall  prepare  the  Report  of  the  Managers  for  the  Annual 
Meetings,— The  Treasurer  shall  keep  the  names  of  all  the 
Members  of  the  Society,  and  shall  designate  to  each  Collector 
the  Subscriptions  to  be  collected  hy  her  ;  and  shall  keep  an 
account  of  all  monies  she  may  receive,  to  be  holden  subject 
to  the  order  of  the  first  or  second  Directress,  which  shall  be 
drawn -from  the  Treasury  only  by  authority  from  the  Board.—, 
Each  Collectpr  snail  keep  an  account  with  the  Members, 
whose  subscriptions  are  assigned  for  her  collection,  pay  all 
inonies  so  received,  to  the  Treasurer,  and  take  her  receipt  for 
the  same.-AIsogive  notice  to  her  subscribers  of  the  time  and 

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ARTICLE  VlII, 


Aht  alteration  in  these  Articles  may  be  made  by  the  vote 
«f  two-thirds  of  the  Members  present  at  an  Annual  Meeting, 


OFFICERS, 


....o.  i  ,  v^.  iuwrvrvio,  1  reasurer. 

COLLECTORS. 


Mrs.  H.  NICHOLS, 
Mrs.  A.  LAMB, 
Mrs,  J.  JONES, 


Miss  F.  BAXTER, 
Miss  L.  C.  J  EPSON, 
Miss  C.  A.  RIPLEY. 


TO  TH«  LADIES  Assembled  reR  the  ptmPOSE  oe  orgAM* 

IZING  A  SOCIETX  FOR  PROMOTING  THE  CONVERSIO* 

OF  THE  JEWS^  OCTOBER  24tH,  1822, 

The  faithfulness  of  Jehovah  to  his  promises,  is  a  sub¬ 
ject  of  the  highest  consolation  to  the  humble  believer; 
while  it  iscalculatedto  fill  the  transgressor  with  conster¬ 
nation  and  dismay.  He  declared  to  his  ancient  and 
peculiar  people  Israel,  that  if  they  rebelled  against 
his  government,  and  disobeyed  his  commands,  he 
would  scatter  them  to  the  four  winds,  and  they  should 
become  a  taunt  and  a  proverb,  a  hissing  and  a  by  word 
among  all  nations  of  the  earih.  They  rebelled  they 
disobeyed — and  he  in  very  faithfulness  fulfiled  his 
word.  He  dispersed  them  into  every  quarter  of  the 
globe,  and  for  ages  they  have  stood  a  monument  of 
his  righteous  indignation.  By  every  nation  under 
heaven  th(>  Jew  is  considered  an  outcast.  Even  the 
heathen  world,  which  could  in  no  sense  be  influenced 
by  the  prophecies  conrerning  them,  being  wholly  ig-- 
Dorant  of  the  word  ot  GOD;  has  taken  its  part  in 
executing  the  vengance  of  heaven  upon  the  Jew's, 

But  we  find  in  the  same  volume  of  divine  truth, 
among  a  multitude  of  others,  this  precious  promise 
respecting  Israph  Exekiel  34.  11»  I?,  “For  thus 


Eaith  the  Lord  GOD,  Behold  I,  even  I,  will  both 
search  my  sheep,  and  seek  them  out.  As  a  shepherd 
Seeketh  out  his  flock  in  the  day  that  he  is  among  his 
sheep  that  are  scattered ;  so  will  I  seek  out  mv  sheep, 
and  will  deliver  them  out  of  all  j)laces,  where  they  have 
been  scattered  in  the  cloudy  and  dark  day”.  And  his 
faithfulness  in  punishing  \s,  an  earnest  of  the  fulfilment 
of  his  promises  of  mercy.  Not  one  of  them  shall  fail. 

We  learn  also  from  the  apostle,  Rom.  11.  31.  that 

one  specific  object  which  infinite  wisdom  had  in  view 
in  leaving  them  in  a  state  of  unbelief  was,  that  the 
gentile  Church  might  have  an  opportunity  of  exhibit¬ 
ing  the  benevolent  and  sympathizing  spirit  with  which 
the  religion  ofthe  Messiah  inspires  its  subjects:  Even 
so  helve  these  also  now  not  believed^  that  through  your  mer- 
ey  they  also  may  obtain  mercy.'''’  Yet  have  we  not  reason 
to  confess  that  too  little  of  this  disposition  has  been 
manifested?  The  Christian  Church  has  long  been 
praying  that  GOD  would  bring  in  his  ancient  people: 
But,  have  their  prayers  and  their  practice  correspond¬ 
ed  ?  We  have  particular  desires  for  the  conversion  of 
our  relatives.  And  it  is  our  duty  to  feel  this  solicitude 
for  them.  But  are  we  equally  anxious  for  the  kindred 
according  to  the  flesh,  of  our  blessed  Redeemer?  For 
these  we  should  feel,  and  pray,  and  labour.  And  for 
those  purposes  we  have  assemtiled  this  day.  Believ¬ 
ing  that  the  Shepherd  of  Israel  intends  to  bring  his 
wandering  people  into  the  same  fold  with  the  gentile 
church,  and  make  them  one  ;  and  relying  on  his  direc¬ 
tion  and  benediction,  we  attempt  something  in  aid  of 
this  great  design.  True  we  cannot  at  this  moment 
mark  out  the  identical  field  in  which  we  may  most 
usefully  be  employed  ;  nor  are  we  prepared  to  work, 
W’ere  it  immediately  before  us. 

The  first  direction  which  the  Lord  gave  to  his  peo- 


pie  when  the  time  hat?  come  for  the  rebuilding  of  the 
Temple,  after  severely  reproving  them  for  their  long 
neglect  of  duty  ;  was  to  '■'■Consider  their  ■waysP"'  Then 
he  says,  ‘‘Go  up  to  the  mountain  and  bring  wood^  and 
build  the  house,  and  I  ■will  take  pleasure  in  it,  and  I  ■wilt 
be  glorified,  saith  the  LordP  In  view  of  the  subject 
then,  let  us  be  deeply  humbled  before  GOD,  for  our 
past  inattention  to  the  descendants  of  his  ancient 
“Friend,”  and  endeavour  in  future  to  redeem  the 
time.  At  present,  vve  can  only  collect  our  mites  to¬ 
gether,  that  (as  was  said  by  the  Apostle  on  another 
occasion)  “  'soe  may  be  ready,'’’  and  beyond  doubt  Prov¬ 
idence  will  open  the  way  before  us.  Perhaps  al¬ 
ready,  God  is  operating  on  the  hearts  ot  many  and 
disposing  them  to  receive  our  munificence  as  soon  as 
we  can  communicate  it  VVhen  he  was  about  to  give 
the  gospel  to  the  gentiles;  at  the  very  moment  he  was 
preparing  the  mind  of  Peter  by  the  vision  of  the  sheet 
let  down  from  heaven,  he  had  commanded  Cornelius 
to  send  men  to  Joppa  and  invite  him  to  come  to  Ce- 
sarea  and  preach  to  them.  His  power  is  still  the  same. 
Still  he  is  jrursuing  the  same  unbroken  plan  ;  he  can 
call  whom  he  will,  and  make  them  subservient  to  his 
purposes.  The  criminal  apathy  of  the  Gentile,  and 
the  deep  rooted  prejudices  of  the  Jew  are  alike  sub¬ 
ject  to  his  rontrol.  With  infinite  ease,  he  can  cause 
them  to  }'ield  to  commisseration  in  the  one  and  sus¬ 
ceptibility  in  the  other. 

Let  us  be  fully  impressed  with  the  idea,  that  our  ob¬ 
ject.  is  to  promote  the  spread  of  the  gospel  among  the 
t'welve  tribes  of  Israel.  And  to  endeavour  to  do  this, 
where  there  is  the  best  prospect  of  success.  There 
is  no  possibility  of  exceeding  the  limits  prescribed  in 
our  Lord’s  commission  to  his  Apostles  and  succeeding 
Ministers.  And  when  we  consider  the  amazing  dis- 


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tairce  which  our  blessed  Saviour  came,  even  from  the 
regions  of  glory  to  this  low  world,  to  suffer  and  die 
for  the  Jew  as  well  as  for  the  Gentile  ;  we  feel  no  re¬ 
gret  in  sending  a  portion  of  what  he  has  entrusted  us 
with,  to  the  remotest  spot  which  sustains  an  immortal 
being  :  while  we  feel  it  equally  our  duty  to  communi¬ 
cate  the  same  blessings  to  Our  nighest  neighbour,  if 
destitute  of  them. 

We  have  great  occasion  for  gratitude  to  God  for  the 
auspicious  providences  attending  the  commencement 
of  our  career.  The  hearts  of  many  have  been  open, 
and  the  utmost  cheerfulness  to  engage  in  this  labour 
oflove  bas  been  manifested. 

Blessings,  the  most  invaluable  and  abundant,  are 
waiting  to  flow  in  upon  the  Church  with  the  incoming 
ot  the  Jews.  How  then  should  our  hearts  exult,  in 
prospect  of  being  in  any  degree  instrumental  of  bring¬ 
ing  on  that  glorious  day  t  The  thought  is  calculated 
to  give  a  zest  to  all  our  enjoyments,  and  to  enhance 
the  worth  of  every  good  thing  which  increases  our 
ability  to  go  forward. 

May  the  God  of  Abraham,  of  Isaac,  and  of  Israel^ 
bless  this  Institution.  May  it  continue  and  flourish, 
until  the  period  shall  have  arrived,  when  the  Jews 
shall  be  brought  in  with  the  “fullness  of  the  Gentiles^ 
and  so  all  Israel  shall  be  saved.” 


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